Ugly

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1 Adjective

1.1 Antonyms
1.2 Related terms
1.3 Translations

Adjective

ugly (uglier, ugliest)

Very unattractive, repulsive
Displeasing to the eye, or ear, or sensibilities
Not aesthetically pleasing

Antonyms

beautiful, gorgeous

Related terms

ugly duckling

Translations

Chinese: 難看, 难看
Dutch: lelijk, lelijke
Finnish: ruma (1, 2), epäesteettinen (2)
French: laid m, laide f
German: häßliche
Italian: brutto m, brutta f
Norwegian: stygge
Portuguese: feio m, feia f
Russian: уродливый m, уродливая f, уродливое n
Spanish: feo m, fea f
Swedish: ful

WordNet Definitions

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1. ugly (vs. beautiful) -- (displeasing to the senses and morally revolting; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"; "war is ugly").
2. ugly -- (deficient in beauty; "ugly gray slums").
3. surly, ugly -- (inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind").
4. despicable, ugly, vile, unworthy -- (morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them").
5. baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly -- (threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly").
6. atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly -- (provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound").

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